Trent's ongoing issues with delivering payments to small contractors speaks to larger systemic issues within the structure of the university and the role it plays in overseeing research funds.

As COVID-19 has exposed and exacerbated the cracks and injustices within post-secondary labour, scholars, students and general staff have taken the streets and pushed back against the conditions within their profession. Irene Suvillaga examines the rising labour tensions across Canada analyzing recent actions in Ontario in effort to reveal the causes behind it and assess Trent's position amongst its peers.